W.PR.01.01 with teacher support, set a purpose, consider audience, and incorporate literary language when writing a narrative or informational piece; begin to use specific strategies including graphic organizers when planning
METS-S/NETS-T
PK-2.CC.2. use a variety of developmentally appropriate digital tools (e.g., word processors, paint programs) to communicate ideas to classmates, families, and others
Essential Questions:
In what month do you celebrate your birthday? What is a wish? What do you wish for, for your birthday this year?
Objectives:
Students will be able to use a computer and a specific website to create a class prezi, Each student will have their own spot on the prezi under their birth month, to say what they wish for this year. Students will be able to type the text (with teacher help) and can present to parents on parent night.
Tools and Resources:
www.prezi.com, book My Special Day by Suzanne M. Clay, writing tools and paper
Rationale:
This lesson will help students become familiar with the computer and introduce them to a prezi. This lesson will promote critical thinking and writing and spelling attributes.
Sequence of Activities:
Anticipatory Questions/Activity:
Does everyone have a birthday? When is your birthday? Let’s see whose birthday is in January? Whose is in February?
Body of Lesson Plan: Segment #1
Get the students talking about their birthdays, how they celebrate, what a birthday is? Do you think everyone has a birthday party? Open these questions up before reading the book My Special Day by Suzanne M. Clay
Segment #2
The day we were born on is called our birthday. We could be in a room full of people and not share our birthday with any of them. During the different months of the year, there is someone celebrating their birthday on each day.
Segment #3
1.) After large group instruction is finished, direct students to their individual designated seating areas.
2.) Show the class what a prezi is by linking them to the web page on an overhead or SMART board.
3.) Students will each individually have a chance to add their name to the prezi.
Feedback: What do you think makes our birthday special? Student response “ it is the day we were born”
Segment #4
When students are at their desks have them individually draw a picture of something that they wish for, for their birthday this year. (provide writing tools, and paper)
As they finish, have them construct a sentence about their picture: something like “I wish for a bike this year.”
When the student is finished call them to the computer one by one to type their name on the class prezi
When they are finished typing their name they will dictate what they wish for, for their birthday to the teacher to type on the prezi.
Once everyone has added their name and sentence, show this off to the class, this wonderful teaching tool that they have created.
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Segment #1
2.) Show the class what a prezi is by linking them to the web page on an overhead or SMART board.
3.) Students will each individually have a chance to add their name to the prezi.
Feedback: What do you think makes our birthday special? Student response “ it is the day we were born”